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Question for Vandy fans: How did you become a fan?
Posted on 7/30/15 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 7/30/15 at 2:55 pm
I guess the question is geared more towards any non-alum Vanderbilt football fans. How did your allegiance come to be? Do these types of fans even really exist being that Tennessee is right there for the casual non-affiliated fan to have?
I'm really interested in how that fan base is comprised. Majority actual alums I suppose, but by how much?
I'm really interested in how that fan base is comprised. Majority actual alums I suppose, but by how much?
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Posted on 7/30/15 at 2:56 pm to Leonard Threenette
I always assumed freshman orientation
Posted on 7/30/15 at 2:57 pm to Leonard Threenette
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the question is geared more towards any non-alum Vanderbilt football fans
:crickets:
Posted on 7/30/15 at 2:57 pm to Leonard Threenette
I'm guessing 99% either went to Vandy or grew up in Nashville
Posted on 7/30/15 at 2:58 pm to NYCAuburn
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:crickets:
That's the portion I want to hear from,
I guess a kid who's parent's were alums for example could have instilled that fandom without their actually having gone there, but does that random fan exist??
We must know.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 2:59 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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grew up in Nashville
good point
Posted on 7/30/15 at 3:00 pm to Leonard Threenette
If anyone on this site is 110 years old, I can see how they would've become a fan.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 3:06 pm to Leonard Threenette
I don't think there is a single vandy fan out there that didn't attend the school. Vandy fans=vandy students and alumni.
All the non-college CFB fans in the state of Tennessee choose the vols to cheer for.
All the non-college CFB fans in the state of Tennessee choose the vols to cheer for.
This post was edited on 7/30/15 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 7/30/15 at 3:14 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Worked at the medical center for 13 years. Didn't go to school there. There's quite a few fans that fall into the same category.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 3:17 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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All the non-college CFB fans in the state of Tennessee choose the vols to cheer for.
This isn't true at all, but I'm not surprised to see you making a dumb post.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 4:01 pm to Robert Goulet
You know nothing
Posted on 7/30/15 at 4:09 pm to Leonard Threenette
Vandy is my "local" team, they focus heavily on academics, and since I'm actually closer to Tuscaloosa than Knoxville I see no reason why anybody in the Western half of the state would root for Tennessee, other than just because they are "Tennessee's team".
They were also the first Southern powerhouse at football, when the Yankees looked down upon us. Had Tennessee's first football team, and built the South's first football stadium.
They were also the first SEC athletic program to desegregate, for those of you that are less inclined to be bigots.
The real question is, why are more people not Vanderbilt fans?
They were also the first Southern powerhouse at football, when the Yankees looked down upon us. Had Tennessee's first football team, and built the South's first football stadium.
They were also the first SEC athletic program to desegregate, for those of you that are less inclined to be bigots.
The real question is, why are more people not Vanderbilt fans?
Posted on 7/30/15 at 4:13 pm to Open Dore Policy
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Open Dore Policy
By God!! Give this man a drink!!! HAIL VANDY!!!!! ANCHOR THE frick DOWN!!!
Posted on 7/30/15 at 4:26 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Excellent rebuttal.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 4:35 pm to Leonard Threenette
I liked them when cutler was there...still a huge cutler fan
Posted on 7/30/15 at 4:44 pm to Leonard Threenette
Well, the thing is, my village held a lottery. Each year, a couple months before the harvest, every citizen of a certain age was required to draw slips of paper from a black box, two of which had black dots on them. The townspeople assembled in the morning and, one by one, we each drew a slip of paper until someone drew the paper with the dreaded black dot on it. Then the townspeople surrounded the loser of the lottery and forced him or her to become a Vandy fan.
The lucky one who drew the second slip with a black dot was just stoned to death. God, I envied Missy Crenshaw that year.
The lucky one who drew the second slip with a black dot was just stoned to death. God, I envied Missy Crenshaw that year.
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